Website/Catalog (27 Jul 2011)
Rosa ‘Kean’
Gallica rose. Velvety crimson, shaded with purple, fine centre; large and very full. Rivers describes its colour as approaching to scarlet and really very beautiful. [Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863), Paul (1848, 1863, 1903), FC p.227/1857].
History at Camden Park
Arrived from Veitch’s Nursery, Chelsea on Dec, 31st, 1859 on board the ‘Hollinside’ but dead on arrival. For more detail see Rosa ‘Ducher’.
Book (Apr 1999) Page(s) 49.
Kean ('Shakespeare') Gallica. Laffay, pre-1843. The author cites information from different sources... Bright crimson, shaded shell... bright reddish crimson, sometimes approaching to scarlet... velvety purple, scarlet crimson center... Edmund Kean, 1787-1833; English actor particularly noted for Shakespearean roles.
Book (Jul 1998) Page(s) 227. Includes photo(s).
Kean Before 1843.
Habit: upright shrub; hooked prickles, bristles. Foliage: dark green; elliptical leaflets, the youngest edged reddish. Bloom: solitary, sometimes in pairs; medium size, double, cupped; outer petals quite large; the white base of the petals is visible, as well as some stamens when the bloom has expanded. Colour: shaded purple. Fragrance: medium.
References: Guillot, catal. 1851, p. 14 ; Rivers (1846), p. 31 ; Verdier, catal. 1843, no 232 and following catalogues. Trade: Yes, but very rare. Collections: author, Sangerhausen.
It is not known who obtained this variety, The first mention is in the catalogue of Verdier of 1843, without description, which makes believe that it was recent at that date. In his catalogue of 1845, he describes the blooom as "medium or large, full, light red"....
Book (1936) Page(s) 382.
Kean (Provins) ? ? ; light red, medium to large, double.
Kean (Provins) ? ? ; velvety crimson-purple, center garnet and scarlet, large, double, expanded.
Book (1899) Page(s) 89.
Kean, Provins, rouge clair
Kean, Provins, grenat
Book (1885) Page(s) Vol. 1, p. 408.
Provins. Kean. Fleur moyenne ou grande, pleine; rouge clair.
Provins. Kean. Fleur grande, pleine, évasée; coloris grenat velouté, centre écarlate.
Book (1880) Page(s) annex, p. 67.
gallica, Keen, velvety purple, center scarlet, large, full, beautiful flat cup form.
Book (1878) Page(s) 22.
The following are very beautiful, and can hold their own on the show-stands where they occasionally appear with the best:...Kean, or Shakespeare, rich crimson....
Book (1877) Page(s) 23.
The French Rose.
(Rosa gallica.)
Rosier de Provins.
Only a few of these roses are now worth retaining, remarkable for their fine shape and capability of being exhibited as 'show roses', i.e., as single blooms, in the manner of dahlias and other flowers. To describe them in as few words as possible, it will perhaps be the most eligible way to give their descriptions in groups thus:
For fine crimson roses we may take Boula de Nanteuil, D'Aguesseau, Gloire de Colmar, Grandissima, Kean, Latour d'Auvergne, Ohl, Schönbrunn, Triomphe de Jaussens; these are large, very double, and finely-shaped crimson roses, of slightly different shades. Kean approaches to scarlet, and is really very beautiful.
Book (1875) Page(s) 248.
Kean Gallica. Flowers rich velvety purple, their centres crimson-scarlet, large and full; form compact, perfect; habit branching; growth vigorous. [also in 1910 edition]
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